Trace-coupling.



M. MARX.

TRACE GOUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2s. 1912.

1,098,817, Patented June 2,1914

s rACrENT OFFICE.

MAIIIASMABX, 'or NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

TRACE-COUPIING.

`Supeelfleation of Lettersratent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application med-November 26,1912. serial No. 733.723.

To all whom. it may concern.:

Be it known that I, MA'rmAs Manx citizen of the United States, residing at i\eillsville, in the county of Clark and'State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'l`rnce-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

'lhis invention relates to improvements in harnesses, more nu'ticularly to the coupling means between tlhe short or hame trace and the long trace and between the back band and the girth, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the etliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device whereby1 thc short trace and the long trace, the hack hand, the girth and the hold back portions of the harness are coupled and mutually sup orted by one single device, thus nutterial y reducnur the amount of material required in the iarness.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure l is an enlarged side elevation of the 1m roved couplinnr or buckle frame. Fig. 2 1s a side view o? the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. 4ig. 4 is a detail view of a su plemental stra and loop furnished with the device to enablia it to he employed with har nesses of diti'erent forms.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the. drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved 4device is designed to be used at the juncture of the short or haine trace and the long trace and the back band and girth portions of a harness and coniprises in general an open frame including spaced longitudinally extending sideslO-ll and transverse hars 'l2-413 spaced apart with a. flat loop 14 at one end and a senn-V circular loop 15 at the opposite end. 'lhc transverse bars 12-13 are coupled by an intermediate longitudinal bar 16. the latter heng provided with an outwardly directed stud 17. The side members 10--11 andthe outer portions of the loops 14-15 are in the same longitudinal plane. the bars ll-li are slightly t epressed or curved rtutrwartilly, while the longitudinal har lt; is depressed to n greater extent so that the. outer terminal of the stud lT comes substantially llush with the outer laees oi the sides ltl--ll and loops 14A- 15. Secured upon the side portions ltl--ll ol' the frame is nn outwardly curving' bnr 18, the latter being riveted or otherwise secured as shown nt lil to the side members of the lrame. lug 20 extends from the. bar l?, nml into the. loop 15, and pivotallv supported upon this lug is a stud rlt' in w lich a ring 37 is n'iounted to swing, the ring designed to receive the forward end of one, of thc side straps, when required.

A portion of' the billet of the back hand of a harness is represented at and extends beneath the side members lO--ll and over the longitudinal har lt and engages with the. stud 17 by one of a plurality ol apertures represented at 28. By this means the hack band is coupled to the buckle frame and is adjustable therein within the range of the apertures 9.8.

The haine tug or trace. is adapted to be engaged at its rear end with the, loop 14. The long trace is adapted to be connected at its forward end in the ordinary manner to the loop 15 oi the buckle frame. A portion of the hold back strap is represented conventionally at 33 and passes between the main buckle frame and the outwardly curving bnr 18 and thence to the coupling portions of the haines. ily this simple means it will he obvious that the parts are etl'eetually coupled and prevented from displacement and the amount'. of n'mtcrial required materially decreased with the. increase of weight. rI`he cost of manufacture is also thus eii'ectunlly decreased as a much less quantity of leather is required in the im n-oved construction without decreasing t te ellicieuey or strength.

\Vhcn the. form of back band billet 25 .shown in Fig. 1 is not employed a short section oi a. strap 40 is euiployed in place thereof' and with a D ring.r 4l at thel lower end to receive the billet portion. of the, girth while the back band billet is buckled to the. member 40 in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described the invention. what I claim is:

In a buckle, a frame including end and side members, ubar connecting the"- end guard adapted to receive another strap :md 10 members and curving awa from the sume adapted to hold the sume against the stud. and having an inwardly directed stud, and In testimony whereof I nilix my signature n guad connecteili to the side mlemlers ang in presence of two Witnesses.

5 exten ing nt. rig 1t ung es to tie mkan n r spaced from the same und likewise extend- MATH' MARX' l-L'S'] ing over the stud und spaced therefrom, said Witnesses: hun' adn ted to support n strap and throuffh Homan M. ROOT, which tie stud is adapted to extend and the AUG. Smwi'rz.

Copies o1' this patent may be obtained for vo cents cach, by iddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

